Former president Ali Abdullah Saleh revealed on Monday that the US has lately suggested he leaves Yemen to a country he would like stay in apparently as part of the US efforts to end the several-months conflict.
During an interview with Al-Myadeen TV, Saleh said he rejected the US offer while affirming that he will neither leave the country nor surrender.
In his remarks, he criticized the Arab military intervention against the Houthi militants and military forces loyal to him saying the Saudi-led coalition does not need to kill the Yemeni people and destroy their state because of a sectarian rift between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
In late March, the coalition launched the bombing campaign against the Houthi militants who ousted the government with support from pro-Saleh forces.
President Abd Rabbuh Mansour returned to Aden along with a force that apparently implemented the UN Security Council's resolution 2216 from one side only, he said as he criticized Hadi and his government.
Hadi and the government returned to Aden last month a six-month exile in Saudi Arabia. Their return came after the Yemeni and coalition forces retook the city along with southern regions from the Houthis.
Saudi and UAE brigades were deployed to Aden to help the government assume its duties.
Moreover, Saleh revealed that his son, former ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and commander of the elite republican guard, is being hosted by the UAE brothers and that the army is fighting the coalition forces on the border with Saudi Arabia.